English

hair bun

From hair + bun.

A compound of hair + bun

Proto-Germanic *hērą

Proto-West Germanic *hār

Old English hǣr

Middle English her ‘a hair’

English hair

Old French bugne

Anglo-Norman bugne ‘bump on the head’

Middle English bunne ‘wheat cake, bun’

English bun

Today it means

noun Synonym of bun (“hair style”).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hair bun